This 50,000mAh (!) cube can power everything from a phone to a laptop to a mini-fridge*. Plus: reading glasses that ride shotgun -- on your phone!<p><i>CNET's Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ</i> …

Spill deemed stable enough for road construction<p>Back in May the “mother of all landslides” smothered Highway One south of Monterey with some five million cubic yards of material, stymying access to Big Sur for months.<p>A California Department of Transportation spokesperson called it the biggest …

Tim Cook has called autonomous systems ‘the mother of all AI projects’. So here are the things we’d most like done for us by robots<p>Apple is working on a self-driving car, but according to chief executive Tim Cook, “autonomy is sort of the mother of all AI projects” and that “a vehicle is only one” …

Earlier this year, Tim Cook called self-driving car technology “incredibly exciting” and said that Apple is focusing heavily on autonomous systems. During Apple’s earnings call today, however, Cook offered some more color on Apple’s investments in autonomy…<p>Cook explained that Apple is very much …

<b>Afghan security forces battled gunmen following a suicide attack outside the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Kabul.</b><p>A bomber blew himself up at the embassy's gate, then three other attackers entered the compound, the Afghan interior ministry said.<p>Two Afghan embassy employees were killed, and three …

Today I want to discuss reports that global debt levels are at all-time highs, and what this means for your investment decisions going forward.<p>But first, a few comments about last week. I recently returned from the Oxford Club’s Private Wealth Seminar, held at the historic Grand Hotel on Michigan’s …